So, the Fund for Peace defines a failed state as having these characteristics:
Loss of control of its territory, or of the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force therein
Erosion of legitimate authority to make collective decisions
Inability to provide public services
Inability to interact with other states as a full member of the international community
Sound like anyone we know?
#1 hasn’t really come to pass, unless you count that time in June where a small six-block section of Seattle declared itself an autonomous zone, which never really seceded, and didn’t even last a month in any case.
#2 has been the case since at least 2009, thanks to Yertle the Turtle leading the Senate in its knee-jerk opposition to anything Obama wants. Last year, it reached the point where the rule of law itself became a partisan issue with Trump’s impeachment.
#3 has become blindingly obvious now that we’re in month nine of a huge pandemic, one the President only cares about if he can use it to race-bait, and for a good-sized portion of it, many people couldn’t even get tested, let alone much in the way of PPE.
#4 should hopefully subside now that Trump’s leaving office.
Loss of control of its territory, or of the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force therein
Erosion of legitimate authority to make collective decisions
Inability to provide public services
Inability to interact with other states as a full member of the international community
Sound like anyone we know?
#1 hasn’t really come to pass, unless you count that time in June where a small six-block section of Seattle declared itself an autonomous zone, which never really seceded, and didn’t even last a month in any case.
#2 has been the case since at least 2009, thanks to Yertle the Turtle leading the Senate in its knee-jerk opposition to anything Obama wants. Last year, it reached the point where the rule of law itself became a partisan issue with Trump’s impeachment.
#3 has become blindingly obvious now that we’re in month nine of a huge pandemic, one the President only cares about if he can use it to race-bait, and for a good-sized portion of it, many people couldn’t even get tested, let alone much in the way of PPE.
#4 should hopefully subside now that Trump’s leaving office.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.